Dear NMEA2000 experts and demigods (Timo) out there,
I am trying to develop my first electronic module for N2K. I have it ready with an esp32 wemos r32 module. I attached to it a galvanic isolator max12931 and a 2562. A few spare parts were also needed to adjust the power for the can transceiver stage as a result of the isolation.
Anyway the doubt i have is about the n2k simulator. Reading the docs the gratest of us all (yes, Timo) has published it seems that in order to have a full simulator we need two physical serial ports. One for Nmeareader (actisense's) and another one for Kvaser n2k sender. However, when i do check the code it seems that it might be feasible with a single port. In the case i still needed both i even thought that instead of a polulu usb board i could use the bluetooth serial service that esp32 has available.
So. How do I debug my gadget with n2k reader and sender at the "same" time? Are two serial (usb comm) ports required or a single suffices?
Thank you so much!
PS: Hopefully i will not be charged for the use of NMEA... at the beginning